Outside the house, Ning Hongxi watched as Yun Zhuo's soft palanquin was carried into the room, still too shocked to come to his senses.
At this moment, Huaifu, escorted by guards, arrived before him and read out the emperor's edict to arrest Ning Hongxi.
Ning Hongxi froze, unable to believe what he was hearing or accept the contents of the imperial edict. He lunged forward, snatched the edict, and examined its contents himself.
Every word and sentence implied that he deliberately caused the Grand Canal tunnel to collapse in an attempt to murder the Crown Prince! It also claimed that he colluded with Liu Qinghe, using young boys and girls as ingredients to concoct pills in an attempt to control the Emperor…
Furthermore, they falsely accused the Crown Prince and his wife of treason, and attempted to eliminate the Crown Princess while the Crown Prince was missing. Their intentions were despicable, so they were arrested and brought to justice to await their fate!
"This is impossible, this can't be real, this can't be real!" Ning Hongxi was struck dumb, his eyes fixed on the imperial edict, the words on it seemed to jump around in front of him.
“His Highness the Crown Prince guessed that the Prime Minister wouldn’t believe it, so he requested His Majesty to allow me to personally read the imperial edict. It bears His Majesty’s seal, and as the Prime Minister, Lord Ning has drafted countless imperial edicts for His Majesty; he certainly recognizes it,” Huaifu said.
Huaifu's words were tactful.
In reality, Yun Zhuo directly forced the emperor to draft an edict on the spot and demanded that Huai Fu personally read it aloud.
They pinned Ning Hongxi down completely in one go.
With Cui Shao and his two thousand guards present, and with Huai Fu personally reading the imperial edict, the soldiers put down their swords, stopped obeying Ning Hongxi's orders, and stood against him.
In a short while, the guards of the Palace Guard captured Ning Hongxi. Ning Hongxi had been struck in the arm and knee by arrows and was unable to resist. He did not resist.
He always knew what he was doing, and the emperor knew what he was doing too; in other words, everything he did was for the emperor's benefit...
Therefore, the emperor could not possibly execute his entire family or put him to death. It was just that Yun Zhuo's return to the palace alive forced the emperor to issue this imperial edict.
If he obediently allows the palace guards to arrest him, the emperor will spare his life and the life of his family.
Ning Hongxi tried to comfort himself, but he couldn't stop his heart from pounding. He was soon taken away by the guards of the Palace Guard.
After escaping, Zhan Shuang, Yu Xiao, Zhuang Xin, and the others rushed over. They were covered in injuries and limped when they arrived, but they were greatly relieved to see Ning Hongxi captured.
Some people couldn't take it anymore and lay down on the ground, staring at the dark sky, gasping for breath.
Now, let's talk about the back mountain of Dafeng Village.
Chen Wenhuan followed the Prime Minister's orders to come here and massacre the people, but he did not expect that the villagers would take advantage of the terrain and keep pushing rocks down from the mountain, not only preventing them from going up the mountain, but also causing many of his guards to be killed or injured.
Just as they were about to run out of stones, Jingtian arrived with the guards from the Crown Prince's residence.
Seeing that Jing Tian and his group were few in number and not worth worrying about, Chen Wenhuan wanted to quickly get rid of them so he could go up the mountain.
To my utter surprise, the guards from the Palace Guard arrived; these guards were all Cui Shao's men!
Chen Wenhuan turned pale on the spot.
Although he was the deputy commander, he had only recently taken office and his position was not yet secure. Moreover, these people already knew that the emperor wanted to arrest Ning Hongxi, so they naturally had no respect for Chen Wenhuan.
In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the people of Dafeng Village were saved, and Chen Wenhuan and the guards of the Prime Minister's mansion were all captured!
...
Yun Zhuo's soft palanquin was carried to Ye Qingxue's room. After a moment of stunned silence, everyone quickly knelt down: "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Everyone crouched down. The child was held by Granny Xing, and in that instant, Ye Qingxue saw Yun Zhuo being carried in.
Their gazes met in mid-air, neither blinking. Their chests heaved, as if they had a thousand words to say, but didn't know where to begin.
When Ye Qingxue learned of the tunnel collapse, she simply couldn't believe that Yun Zhuo was dead. He had promised to come back to be with her during her pregnancy, and she asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare names for the child, waiting for him to come back and choose together.
So she didn't shed a single tear, she just went to dig out the mud and sand, trying to get Yunzhuo out. As a result, the tunnel collapsed a second time, the water flowed back, and a torrential rain fell from the sky...
She really thought Yun Zhuo was dead, so much so that when she woke up after falling into a coma, every breath was painful. She wished she could stay asleep forever—even though doing so would be too unfair to Xiao Bao and the people around her, but at that time, it really, really hurt too much!
And now, the person she thought was really dead has actually appeared in front of her.
Even though there were obvious scars on his face, making his skin look even paler, this person could blink, breathe, and look at her. This person was truly Yun Zhuo!
The room was too cramped, and there were many people inside. The palanquin couldn't turn around after it entered, so the guards helped Yun Zhuo down from the palanquin and guided him step by step toward Ye Qingxue.
Finally, Yun Zhuo knelt down beside Ye Qingxue's bed, his gaze fixed on her face. He took her hand and pressed her palm against his face, saying, "Qingxue, I'm back."
His voice was so hoarse it was unrecognizable.
It was only two or three days, but for this moment, he felt as if he had walked the entire path of his life.
It was so difficult. If it weren't for the intense sense of guilt that welled up in his heart, and if he hadn't had that last breath to keep him going, he probably wouldn't have made it this far. Not long after he died, Ye Qingxue and the child would probably have been killed for all sorts of reasons.
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